Movies like Darkness 2019
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Darkness (2019)
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Original name: Buio
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three sisters, Stella, Luce and Aria, live in an isolated house, immersed in the shadows, submitted by a violent and authoritarian father, a religious fanatic obsessed with the end of the world, who keeps them prisoners behind locks and closed windows, under the pretext that the Apocalypse has finally arrived.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
isolated house, abusive father, father daughter relationship, family relations, family secret, sibling relationship, rebellious daughter, lie, isolation, plot twist, father, sisters, deception, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, sister, sister sister relationship, con trick, eccentric family, apocalypse, coming of age, dystopia, teenage daughter, female nudity, murder ...
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Most similar movies to Darkness
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and melancholic films with plots about family relations, family problems, female protagonist, relationships, father daughter relationship, family drama and dysfunctional family mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Darkness: In the Summers (2024), North to Home (2022), Paradise Is Burning (2023), Hidden Family Secrets (2021), The First Summer (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, realistic ...
Plot:
sisters, grownups, family drama, family conflict, family love, sibling relationship, coming of age, sister, family relations, kids and family, relationships, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Suzanne McBride is excited to spend her birthday with her family. It will be the first time that her three adopted daughters will be together in years. This seems like a great time for a family reunion, but the sisters are each wrestling with unique ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
family reunited, confrontation, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, mother daughter reunion, sisters, family problems, family relations, family secret, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In a working-class area of Sweden, sisters Laura (16), Mira (12) and Steffi (7), get by on their own, left to their own devices by an absent mother. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree, vivacious and anarchic. But ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
sister sister relationship, family relations, mother, female protagonist, custody, problem, sisters, guardian, family life, social services, disappearance, sister ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman determined to save her dying daughter uncovers her mother's sinister secret.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot:
family secret, female protagonist, mother daughter conflict, family drama, leukemia, family relations, fighting illness, murder, sister, threat, kids and family, child illness ...
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two sisters meet up late one summer to clear out the house of their deceased grandparents.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, thrilling, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
sister, memory, family secret, family drama, secrets, sisters, problem, relationships, family relations, sister sister relationship, mourning, guilt ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Elle and Joy spend their last week before their next music tour wandering through the heart of Laurel Canyon, whiling away carefree afternoons with their friends as they plan for their own going away party.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, psychological, cliffhanger
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sibling relationship, sister sister relationship, sisters, family problems, grownups, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood, party, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Haeyoung is a hopeless girl. She lives with her father who runs a Chinese restaurant, and a younger sibling. One day, her father has a mysterious accident, which places her in a position of responsibility. She is now not only the head of the house ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, independent film, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, sibling relationship, determination, resilience, family relations, relationship problems, crime solving, father daughter relationship, family problems, accident, uncover truth ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
57%
259
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
16-year old Arielle's world is rattled when her mother mysteriously returns, driving a wedge into the seemingly perfect relationship she has with her father while unraveling family secrets hidden long ago on their isolated foothills farm.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, surprise ending
Plot:
father daughter relationship, family secret, mother daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family relations, family problems, family reunited, dark past, relationship problems, forbidden love, man punching a woman ...
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Hakim and Latifa fled the Algerian civil war in the early 90s. They live since in the Jura, with their two daughters: Nedjma 14 years, and Leila, the eldest, left to study hair in Paris. Three days before Christmas, Nedjma receives a terse SMS from ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, melancholic
Plot:
father daughter relationship, missing daughter, family drama, relationships, sister, family problems, family relations, relationship problems, life is a bitch, social problems, immigration, character study ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Twin sisters set up a dating profile for their dad, but the woman he meets plots to take advantage of wealthy single fathers.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
single father, con artists, family relations, widower, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, family life, dating, love affair, love interest, family problems, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When their father's health worsens, three estranged sisters come together to try to plan for the inevitable.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, dying father, illness, family relations, family problems, family life, relationship problems, parents and children, kids and family, relationships, sisters ...
Similarity:
54%
682
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Away from home in a boarding school, 18-year-old Dhruv is ignorant about the ongoing crisis in his family. His life takes an unexpected turn as he gets the news of his father’s death in a car accident. As he copes with the tragedy, hidden truths ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, grief, family secret, family drama, secrets, bereavement, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, loss of family member, grownups, loss of father, mother son relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india, mumbai india
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After trying and failing to seduce her teacher, 16-year-old Alex runs away from her boarding school. Trying to seek out the biological father her mother has always kept hidden from her.
Style:
psychological, captivating, independent film
Plot:
family secret, father daughter relationship, family problems, search for father, parents and children, family relations, relationships, teenager, teenage girl, relationship problems, teenage life, secret ...
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A matriarch of a dysfunctional family is pushed to her tipping point by the disappearance of her son.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, bleak
Plot:
dysfunctional family, disappearance, mental illness, family relations, missing child, family drama, tragic event, family tragedy, female protagonist, matriarchy, mysterious disappearance, family problems ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The sudden death of her mother brings Myung-eun back home to Jeju island. There she meets her estranged sister Myung-ju and Myung-ju's daughter Seung-ah, still living at their old home, and Hyun-ah who has lived with them for over 20 years like ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, road movie, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
sisters, search for father, sister, eccentric family, travel, family relations, sister sister relationship, reconciliation, family drama, road trip, eccentric woman, brawl ...
Place:
jeju island, south korea
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn’t want her to leave. Stuck in time, ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, estranged father, father and daughter, relationship problems, father, family problems, parent child relationship, family relations, life is a bitch, social problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jonathan and Anaïs Hopkins have only been married a few months, but life together is a nightmare. Anaïs is unstable, cold in bed and often away visiting her sister. Or is she? When Jonathan learns that his estranged father has left him a huge ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
inheritance, male female relationship, love story, pretense, love affair, couple relations, secret, intrigue, mysterious girl, pretending to be someone else, husband wife relationship, mystery woman ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Vali and Mina are two sisters who are polar opposites, pushed apart by life’s hardships and trials. One is a singer, a dreamer and emotional. The other is a therapist, distant and rational. Their loving father has finally found the perfect ...
Style:
satirical, disturbing, psychological, captivating, heartfelt ...
Plot:
sisters, family drama, sibling relationship, reconciliation, family relations, singer, satire, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, sister, family reunited ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old girl deals with the issues brought about by her family's high-priced son.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, poignant, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, adolescence, family drama, tragic past, female protagonist, troubled past, traumatic past, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, loneliness ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Blind and deaf sisters, Anna and Beth, live happily in a secluded small town with Father.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, captivating, touching
Plot:
deaf, deaf woman, father daughter relationship, deaf child, family relations, relationship problems, blindness, deaf girl, small town life, sister sister relationship, sisters, relationships ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Margaret Lea, a young biographer, attempts to interview writer Vida Winter, whose health is deteriorating. Vida has previously denied access to the secrets of her life and childhood home. Vida tells her story to Margaret, helping Margaret to ...
Style:
gothic, captivating, serious, touching, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family secret, childhood trauma, twins, family relations, writer's life, sister sister relationship, haunted by the past, sibling relationship, writers, aging, unsupportive parent, storytelling ...
Place:
england, united kingdom
Similarity:
40%
235
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A story about two sisters - Małgorzata, who is single by choice, and her younger sister, Łucja, a mother of two and an assistant in Małgorzata's law firm. The women embark on their first first trip in many years. It quickly turns out that ...
Style:
road movie, thrilling, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
sisters, terminal illness, woman, problem, relationships, family relations, sister, sister sister relationship, family life, family problems, female protagonist, life ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The awkward, distant, and wounded three sisters gather at their hometown for their father’s birthday. However, on the day of the party, there is a big mess because of their little brother Jinseob’s abnormal behavior, and the past of the three ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
family problems, sister sister relationship, family relations, sisters, relationships, life is a bitch, confronting the past, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, women, troubled past, tragic past ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Kate Aldrich, a successful career woman is devastated when her husband leaves her for stay at home mom, Laura, with whom she is forced to share custody of her beloved daughter, Izzy. But Kate's despair soon turns to terror as she begins to have ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, divorced parents, divorced couple, female protagonist, protective mother, family drama, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, kids and family, divorced woman, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
When Amanda discovers that her estranged, abusive father needs a transplant to save his life, and she is the only match, she is forced to confront her painful past and make the decision that will decide her future.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, father daughter relationship, moral dilemma, terminal illness, abusive father, organ donation, family drama, abuse, trauma, fighting illness, relationships, family relations ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mika arrives in Poland to pay a hospital visit to her father, who is suffering from severe brain injury and memory loss. It's the first time they have met in many years, yet her father thinks they still live together and she's a teenager. ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, art film ...
Plot:
memory, father daughter relationship, memory loss, dementia, family relations, relationships, introspection, amnesiac, family life, estrangement, alienation, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
818
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a small, simple and happy family in which a boy, a manipulator, violently enters, which distorts the life of this wonderful fifteen-year-old and makes her a nightmare.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, family drama, emotional manipulation, problem, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, manipulation, manipulative behavior, relationship problems, changing lives, couple relations ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After a brutal divorce, a mother and her son relocate to the Blue Mountains to run a Bed and Breakfast.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, emotional
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, relationships, kids and family, crumbling marriage, marital separation, life is a bitch, family life, single mother, female protagonist ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a young woman learns her parents' killer has been released from jail, she is forced to revisit old wounds while discovering the destructive power of hate and the true cost of family secrets fully revealing themselves.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, extraordinary
Plot:
murder investigation, secret revealed, confronting the past, murderer, murder, secret, uncover truth, hate, revenge, female protagonist, family secret, tragic past ...
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
36%
366
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After her mother is murdered by her stepfather, gifted 15 year old student Pearl goes to live with an ex-lover of her mother, a grumpy unemployed film director who, pending the results of a paternity test, may be her biological father.
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, psychological, independent film
Plot:
paternity revealed, father daughter relationship, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, murder mystery, family secret, family drama, gift ...
Place:
paris france, los angeles
Similarity:
35%
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